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Against the Grain
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We're talking about Pop. Rocky Top says "Soda Pop." There is a difference.
Yes. Yankees will call burgers cooked on a George Forman grill "barbecue" if they go outside to eat. Which is why it's so ass-chapping to read Vol fans going on and on about Pearl's "barbecue" on here. Barbecue is our region's finest contribution to human culture. The least we can do is get the terminology straight.
If by region, you mean the South, I'm pretty sure bluegrass, country, the blues and jazz might be more culturally important than roasted pig.
Even if you were to entertain the idea that a mere musical form could be comparable to the gustatory magnificence that is American barbecue, the South doesn't have an uncontested claim to any of those forms of music. Bluegrass (and thence country) is derived from the music the Scot and Irish immigrants in the Appalachians brought with them over the ocean. The blues isn't recognizable without Chicago. Jazz isn't recognizable without Harlem. The gloriousness of what we do to a pig is ours alone.
Even if you were to entertain the idea that a mere musical form could be comparable to the gustatory magnificence that is American barbecue, the South doesn't have an uncontested claim to any of those forms of music. Bluegrass (and thence country) is derived from the music the Scot and Irish immigrants in the Appalachians brought with them over the ocean. The blues isn't recognizable without Chicago. Jazz isn't recognizable without Harlem. The gloriousness of what we do to a pig is ours alone.